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PASADENA, Calif. In this age of social media, almost anyone can become a filmmaker but few can do it well. The new Comedy Central series "Big Time in Hollywood, FL" takes that premise and runs with it. The 10-episode series created and written by Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf is about a pair of no-talent brothers who believe they are the darlings of the Internet video world. The truth is their work is awful. That doesn't stop them from putting together an elaborate ruse to maintain their financial dependence on their mom and dad. Anfanger and Lenny Jacobson play the brothers. Schimpf is the director. Kathy Baker and Stephen Tobolowsky are the parents. Anfanger and Schimpf...

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PASADENA, Calif. In this age of social media, almost anyone can become a filmmaker but few can do it well. The new Comedy Central series "Big Time in Hollywood, FL" takes that premise and runs with it. The 10-episode series created and...

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The Netflix deal to finance Weinstein Co.'s "Crouching Tiger" sequel is opening a new front in the long-simmering conflict between Hollywood studios and theater owners.
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